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Announcing the 2023 National History Teacher of the Year, Matthew Vriesman

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce that Matthew Vriesman, a high school history teacher in Kentwood, Michigan, has been named the 2023 National History Teacher of the Year. Vriesman rose to the top...

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Alexander Mikaberidze Wins the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce that Alexander Mikaberidze has been awarded the eighth annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History for The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History (Oxford...

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Nataliya Braginsky Named 2021 National History Teacher of the Year

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is delighted to announce that Nataliya Braginsky , a social studies teacher at Metropolitan Business Academy in New Haven, Connecticut , has been named the 2021 National History Teacher...

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Announcing the Gettysburg College-Gilder Lehrman MA in American History

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College have partnered to offer the new Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History , an affordable, fully online master’s degree program, led by renowned,...

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Bruce Henderson Wins the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize

Bruce Henderson has been awarded the tenth annual Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize for Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II (Knopf). The $50,000 prize is bestowed...

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Elizabeth Varon - "Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War"

Elizabeth Varon is the Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History and the associate director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia. Order Armies of Deliverance at the Gilder...

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Taylor, C. B., fl. 1831

A Universal History of the United States of America; Embracing the whole period from the Earliest Discoveries, down to the Present time

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Finalists for the Eleventh Annual Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize Announced

New York, NY, July 30, 2024 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the New-York Historical Society announced today the three finalists for the eleventh annual Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize. The $50,000 prize is...

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Dorothy Wickenden - "The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights"

Government and Civics

Dorothy Wickenden is the executive editor of The New Yorker . Order The Agitators at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs...

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Blake, William O., fl. 1861

The history of slavery and the slave trade, ancient and modern. The forms of slavery that prevailed in ancient nations, particularly in Greece and Rome...

(title continues)... The African slave trade and the political history of slavery in the United States. Printed by J. & H. Miller. Published and sold by subscription.

GLC00267.038

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Timeline: Fulfilling America's Founding Principles: African American History

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Discovering Diego de Gardoqui | Spanish Influence on American History

Discovering Diego de Gardoqui > An approach to the figure of Diego María de Gardoqui y Arriquibar (Bilbao, 1735 - Turin, 1798), merchant, diplomat and first representative of the Spanish Crown in the newborn United States...

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Traveling Exhibitions | Who Can Vote? A Brief History of Voting Rights in the US

> This exhibition examines voting rights with an emphasis on the role of the US Constitution and the interplay between the states and federal government in determining who is allowed to vote. Beginning with the founding...

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Washington, Hamilton, and Don Quixote | Spanish Influence on American History

Washington, Hamilton, and Don Quixote The Lost Legacy: Hispanic Heritage and the American Revolution >

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Pedro Abarca de Bolea | Spanish Influence on American History

Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Conde de Aranda Excerpted and adapted from Mar García Lerma The longer biography can be found in the book Unveiling Memories. / La biografía más extensa se encuentra en el libro Unveiling Memories. ...

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Carlos III, King of Spain | Spanish Influence on American History

Carlos III, King of Spain Excerpted and adapted from Portal Historia Hispánica from the Royal Academy of History of Spain / Extraído y adaptado de Portal Historia Hispánica de la Real Academia de la Historia de España ...

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José de Solano y Bote | Spanish Influence on American History

José de Solano y Bote Excerpted and adapted from José Manuel Guerrero Acosta The longer biography can be found in the book Unveiling Memories. / La biografía más extensa se encuentra en el libro Unveiling Memories. English...

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Diplomacy and Partnership in the Time of the Revolution | Spanish Influence on American History

Diplomacy and Partnership in the Time of the Revolution >

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History U | The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. This History U course examines the lives and legacies of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Course Instructor : Professor Peniel Joseph, University of Texas at Austin Eligibility :...

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The History of Latina and Latino People in the US (Teacher Seminar Online)

The History of Latina and Latino People in the US Lead Scholar : Geraldo L. Cadava (Northwestern University) Master Teacher : Ziara Smith Live Session Dates : Week of June 23 Registration Deadline : Monday, June 16 Image: Photograph of Coretta Scott...

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American Indian History since 1900 (Teacher Seminar Online)

American Indian History since 1900 Lead Scholar : Donald L. Fixico (Arizona State University) Master Teacher : Patience LeBlanc Live Session Dates : Week of July 28 Registration Deadline : Monday, July 21 Image: Cover of Alcatraz: Indians of All...

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AP US Government and Politics | History School (2021 Spring)

AP US Government and Politics: Looking Backward from 2021 to 1787 View the recordings from this 2021 History School course, led by Kevin Cline. This content is intended for high school students. About the Course The US...

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Tamika Nunley - "At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C."

Order At the Threshold of Liberty at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs! ...

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Jessica Marie Johnson - "Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World"

Order Wicked Flesh at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our programs!

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The History of Race Relations in America: African American Experiences, 1492-1877